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About me

Technology

Creator & Maintainer of RapidDisk

Challenging the conventional wisdom. Maintaining independence. Being able to extract order from chaos. Willing to take that much needed risk. These are the ingredients to personal success.

Petros Koutoupis [petros AT linux DOT com] is the self appointed BDFL of the RapidDisk project. Most of his career has been in software development in the data storage industry. He is deeply involved in open source software development and for years has written code for the Linux kernel, various open source device drivers and applications in both the embedded and server spaces.

A special thanks goes to Greg Marcinko. You served as a wonderful mentor early in my career and questioned every dumb thing that came out of my mouth. I probably would not be where I am today had it not been for you.

History

Historical Researcher & Author

I see myself as a “literary archaeologist.” No field work is required. The purpose of this self appointed and non-existent discipline is to marry two fields which do not cooperate very well with each other: archaeology and literary studies. The texts are historical artifacts and must be treated as such.

Petros Koutoupis analyzing the Sennacherib Prism at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

During the little free time I may have, I enjoy immersing myself into topics of ancient history and theology. I am fluent in the language of Greek, and have been a student of Septuagintal Greek and Biblical Hebrew for quite some time; with additional knowledge in Aramaic, Ugaritic, and Akkadian grammar. My work focuses specifically on the Iron Age of both Mesopotamian and Levantine history and as of recent years, Late Bronze Age Greece, leading to a quest to find the origins of our history.

In my latest historical published research, Biblical Origins: An Adopted Legacy (2008), I wrote of the already known Documentary Hypothesis and made a courageous attempt to place a clearer date to the writings under the author we refer to as the Yahwist (J). Confirmed by archaeology, the author referred to as J dates to the timeframe surrounding the reign of Hezekiah; specifically between 701 BCE to possibly the end of Hezekiah’s reign in 687 BCE. This was during the reign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria and the Neo-Assyrian Empire that controlled the Near East during this period.

I would like to give a special thanks to Graham Hancock and the entire staff over at Ancient Origins for giving not only me but also everyone else the opportunity to share their research and ideas on their websites and message boards. Without their help, my ideas would not have had the chance to reach a wider audience.

Books

Biblical Origins: An Adopted Legacy

Biblical Origins: An Adopted Legacy (2008)

Explore the world to which the Bible has been written in. Following the Documentary Hypothesis, each author provides to the origins of their writings. These clues reveal hidden propaganda and agendas during the time-frame to which the author had set these writings to scrolls. Biblical Origins is the first book in a future series, dedicated to solve the long lasting mystery: Who wrote the Bible? It is when this is identified that the scriptures of the Hebrew Bible will truly come to life, finally providing us with the answers to all else relating to it.

Biblical Origins is divided into three section, the first of which holds a second edition to An Adopted Legacy: Neo-Assyrian Origin to Hebrew Lore, followed by a focus on the ancestral writings and the roots of Yahwism.

For archaeological confirmation to my proposed dating of the Yahwist you can read my Addendum to this book. Spoken of more recently here.

An Adopted Legacy: Neo-Assyrian Origin to Hebrew Lore

An Adopted Legacy: Neo-Assyrian Origin to Hebrew Lore (2007)

An Adopted Legacy offers new insights to the Yahwistic (J) source of the Book of Genesis and its origins. A smaller timeframe of writing for the Yahwistic author is given by the end of this book while attempting to solve some of the Bible’s oldest mysteries. This volume concentrates specifically on the primeval history of the Book of Genesis.

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This ebook is a compilation of exclusive articles written for Ancient Origins by authors, researchers, and experts from a variety of different fields. The book explores the most enduring mysteries from our ancient past, and presents new theories to unravel the truth behind some of the most perplexing myths and legends from the ancient world.

Author Petros Koutoupis writes about the mysterious Aeneas of Greco-Roman mythology and his wanderings throughout the Mediterranean following the Trojan War.

Unravelling the Ancient Mysteries Ebook (Ancient Origins)

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This ebook is a compilation of exclusive articles written for Ancient Origins by authors, researchers, and experts from a variety of different fields. The book explores the most enduring mysteries from our ancient past, and presents new theories to unravel the truth behind some of the most perplexing artifacts, places, and figures from the ancient world.

Author Petros Koutoupis writes on the mysterious Phaeacians of ancient Greek mythology. Who were they and were they inspired by a real life peoples?

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This ebook is a compilation of exclusive articles written for Ancient Origins by authors, researchers, and experts from a variety of different fields. The book explores the most enigmatic and fascinating relics uncovered from our ancient past, and presents new theories to explain the mysteries surrounding some of the world’s more unique and unusual artifacts.

Author Petros Koutoupis writes on the Eteocypriot language alongside the Amathus bilingual while deciphering the unknown Iron Age language.